On my team call last night we were asked to share one of our biggest fears when it comes to sharing this fitness and coaching business opportunity with others. Identifying my fear isn’t the hard part, it never has been for me. I know it very clearly.
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My fear? Still being seen as the intimidating, always ending up in drama, unliked, low self-esteem, bitch I was told that I was while growing up.
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I’ve grown and changed a lot. Figuring out who I am and what makes me happy each day. But I still have this wonder in the back of my mind holding me down that people might still see me as an awful person.
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This relates to me sharing my journey and having the capabilities of helping you start yours because I down talk myself into feeling less confident about being able to help you and you being able to trust me. I KNOW what these programs can do. I KNOW they can benefit us all and I really want to help everyone I possibly can!! But I also know I’m NOT reaching my full potential because of these self-limited self-doubting thoughts and fears in my head.
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So today, I’m letting ALL of that GO and I’m sharing that here because this gives me more inner strength to say I’m not that girl. I’m not that bitch I grew up being told I am. All 3 of my jobs are dedicated toward helping others!!!...so I damn well intend to.
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What did I do for my birthday???
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We officially sold our home in Pittsburgh. It feels a little surreal as our journey back to MN has gone so quickly yet so slow! It’s probably the weirdest thing knowing we won’t step foot back in the house that welcomed our baby home. •
My little sweet girl is officially 1.5 years old today too. We bought a bubble maker and enjoyed the innocent joy on her face.
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On to more years. On to more love. New beginnings and deep roots are to be made. #wewontbemovingstatesagain#welcometomn#heresto28

Balance is DoTERRA's grounding blend. It is primarily known for it's ability to support anxiousness and promote feelings of calm, peace, and relaxation as well as a sense of balance.
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I’ve spent a lot of time researching the effectiveness of essential oils and trying to figure out "but how exactly do they work??" Part of my "need to know" drive, and it was fascinating to me that chemical constituents found in Blue Tansy and Blue Chamomile are suggested to interact with an enzyme that metabolizes a subset of drugs used for similar reasons as someone would use Balance. This is all not yet well understood but to me I think, "Brilliant! I love nature!" And #givemeallthebalance 🧚🏻‍♀️🌱
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Balance is recommended for Aromatic and Topical use only as this pretty much removes the chance of drug interactions via that enzyme. DoTERRA is a smart company! This bottle has a rollerball top on it so I can easily roll it over my heart, into my wrists, behind my ears and ALL over my feet 🙌🏻💆🏼‍♀️

Have any of you taken Strength Finders? What are your top 5?? I paid a little extra to unlock all 34 and realized that NONE of my top 10 strengths are in the “strategic” category. Well then…how the heck did I become a successful business owner? .
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My only strategy - be vulnerable, honest & speak truth from my heart. I LOVE partnering with DoTERRA as a company - I would share DoTERRA even if this wasn’t a business for me. It’s not often in our culture that we get to earn income doing what we are passionate about. .
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Andy Crouch describes where successful businesses happen - a beautiful blend between willing vulnerability & authority - anything less is exploitation or suffering to some degree (if you haven’t read this book GO READ IT!!). Willing vulnerability is a big YES for me. I’ve seen over and over again how sharing my story has given someone else the permission to share theirs.
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Thankful 💕

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Representing @muvintegrated today...very unofficially. You guys...if you’re in the Pittsburgh area you have to check them out. After multiple back injuries and a back surgery- they are the ONLY ones that have been able to help my sweet husband. Everyone else just wanted to talk about pain management - NO THANK YOU. Thankful for everything we’ve been able to do with oils to help give him some relief but that is not what we want the rest of life to look like. So thankful for a glimmer of hope after over 2 years of pain 🙌🏻 - here’s to LIFE

Monday Monday…Spring Cleaning with DoTERRA On Guard Cleaner Concentrate…
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Contains the anti-microbial power of our On Guard blend, with added scrubbing power from plant based surfactants. It’s $14.50 and makes 18 (16 oz) bottles of all-purpose cleaner! WOW. Before DoTERRA I was purchasing Seventh Generation products from Target and those are not the cheapest…and when I looked at the active ingredients listed on the bathroom cleaner, the ONLY active ingredient listed was THYMOL - You guys…that’s the main chemical constituent in thyme essential oil and makes up about 70% of the essential oil. Umm…I figured I could just make cleaners myself WAY way cheaper, and I was right :-)
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I am literally the least DIY person but I’ve been figuring it out slowly over the past 2 years. What I like and what I would rather just buy - this concentrate is one of those things. My kitchen cleaner needs to have scrubbing and degreasing power, and this concentrate is so effective. And, I love the smell too! 1.5 TBS of concentrate added to distilled water. 16 oz spray bottles (glass or amber plastic) can be purchased from Amazon 😇

Today especially I’m instinctively reaching for Console - in the midst of all the joys of motherhood is the remembrance that it doesn’t always feel like joy. That to love someone is to risk being devastated when they are gone. That motherhood brings pain - the pain of unmet babies and loss of children. And even the pain of losing mothers. Love and prayers to all who experience the other side of joy today 🙏🏻

Life always places us in situations. Our choices and actions during those situations defines our character and how we will grow. Doing what you love and what keeps you balanced and afloat is so important. The people and community you surround yourself with is just as important.
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Life is changing for me quickly. I’m choosing to not dwell on it. I’m choosing to not feel sorry for myself. I’m choosing to not isolate myself. I’m choosing to not stop the routines that have helped me become better. There is modification, more Zen rides and less Beachbody due to life circumstances.
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But I am still living my life. I am still choosing to be happy with my ultimate decision. I am choosing to do what’s right for me. I am choosing to surround myself with people who empower me and who I uplift in return. I am choosing to not let this place rule me anymore and drag me down because there is so much that I can do, so many people I can be with, who make me feel like me.
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Starting with this place. Zenergy was my first decision that I made with hopes of changing my perspective of Pittsburgh. And let me tell ya,,,this place is inspiring. Every class makes me cry because of the energy and the motivation and the way we are able to tune into ourselves.
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The fitness community—💙Beachbody & Zenergy💚— helps me stay strong when I really feel like I can’t be.
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Late night oil drop off for a friend who woke up not feeling so hot. She described discomfort in her throat and up behind her ears...here’s what I brought:
1️⃣Melaleuca- strips away sticky substance that bad bacteria use to hide from our immune system. Also anti-viral and anti-fungal!
2️⃣Oregano- powerful anti-viral and anti-bacterial. It literally punches holes in bacteria membranes. It’s a hot oil so always dilute well!
3️⃣On Guard- kicks the crap out of germs! The clove in there also provides a slight numbing sensation so it’s good to gargle a drop of this in a shot of water to soothe the throat and provide upper respiratory support at the same time. .
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Instructions were to massage all three of these together into throat and up behind ears with coconut oil as a carrier oil and also cover her feet and massage it in. .
4️⃣Lastly - Serenity Blend for some high-quality rest. It contains Cedarwood, which helps us get to REM sleep faster and stay there longer, & Lavender, all the calm- yes please, & Vetiver, which does an amazing job of quieting mind-chatter. 😴😴😴😴😴

For the last two weeks I’ve been breathing in the aroma of Forgive before bedtime... it’s literally like smelling a tree (all the fir and wood oils plus a hint of citrus). I have generally only been drawn to Forgive when I’m angry, but lately I’ve found it comforting. I think I’m learning to accept the way it smells for the sake of the what it stands for #giftsoftheearth#forgiveness#wellness#sweetdreams

Yesterday I was driving through the East End of Pittsburgh and I was flooded with remembering my original goal - to make sure everyone in the East End of Pittsburgh knows that dōTERRA oils are not just hippie mama medicine. That they are pure, effective, and powerful tools that we have the choice to use. .
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And that’s just it - so many people haven’t yet been given the choice to CHOOSE how they care for their bodies when it comes to healthcare. I am so thankful to be aware that dōTERRA exists and that the company is committed to wellness as a whole - incorporating Western & Modern medicine together to find solutions. .
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Considering that 50% of Americans are experiencing a chronic health issue - inflammation at the root of them ALL & linked to nutrition, lifestyle and our toxic load. No thank you. Thinking WAY larger than the East End, I have HOPE that we can find a different way forward. I am thankful to educate others every day about this “hippie mama medicine” that is far from just that 🧚🏻‍♀️